Metallic building.



Patented. Oct. 5, 1915.

W. W. TAYLOR.

METALLIC BUILDING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY'IQ. 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0, WASHINGTON, D. C.

Wl TNESSES:

of the ridge, and said ridge consisting of a core in the form ofan angle bar of inverted V-shape, and a plate of sheet metal covering the core, said sheet metal covering extending across the underside of the core and outwardly at the sides of the latter in the form of wings, the sides of said plate extending from the wings inwardly over the upper side of the core and extending upwardly in close relation in the form of a vertical rib, the terminal of the plate at one side being returned over the terminal edge of the other side.

2. In a metallic building, side walls, roofing plates on said side walls, a ridge, said rooing plates terminating at their upper ends adjacent to the opposite sides of the ridge and inclined to each other, and a cover plate extending over the ridge and over the upper ends of the rooting plates, the said rooing plates having ribs at the upper side and at the underside thereof and the cover plate extending downwardly at the side edges between the said upper ribs of the roofing plates, and being secured to the said plates.

3. In a metallic building, side walls, roofing plates on said side walls, a ridge, said roofing plates terminating at their upper endsv adjacent to the opposite sides of the ridge and inclined to each other, a cover plate extending over the ridge and over the upper ends of the roofing plates, the said roofing plates having ribs at the upper side and at the underside thereof and the cover plate extending downwardly at the side edges between the said upper ribs of the roofing plates, and being secured to the said plates, the said downwardly extending edges of the cover plate having Ventilating openings, the spaces between the upper and lower ribs of the roof plates being in communication with each other, and the said spaces at the underside of the roof plates being open for the escape of air from beneath the roof. Y

l. ln a metallic building, roofing plates, means supporting said rooting plates, and a ridge between the roofing plates, said ridge comprising a base having a core in the form oi an inverted V-shaped bar and a sheet metal covering, said coveringV presenting wings at the sides of the said core and being formed into a vertical rib above the core, the rib presenting a plurality of thicknesses lying against each other.

ln testimony whereof I have subscribed my name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VVLLIAM W. TAYLOR.

W'itnesses:

J. L. MCAULIFFE, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

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